Podcrastinate

Hey, folks on this episode of Podcrastinate we had Bilwa as our guest. We did not have any theme for this particular episode it's just three engineering students having a very candid conversation about life in general and learning from each other's experiences.

Bilwa's Podcast: PepandPrepTalks

Bilwa's Twitter: bilwa03

On this episode of Podcrastinate we had a lovely conversation with Sakshi Shukla. She is a professional content writer, public speaker, marketing strategist, and a pot full of pure wisdom. This episode was majorly focused on Content Writing. Sakshi laid crystal clear fundamentals on how someone could navigate their way through content writing. She also spoke about her journey, learnings, ups & downs in this domain, and much more.

Twitter: thesakshishukla

LinkedIn: thesakshishukla

On this episode of podcrastinate, we invited Mr. Gaurav Sangle who is the Co-Founder and CTO of Stratzy. Stratzy is an automated investment platform that enables people to invest in equities easily. Stratzy quite recently managed to raise $800,000 (approx RS. 6 Crore) by Titan Capital, Leo Capital, and First Cheque in their pre-seed round. So in this episode, Gaurav talked about his journey while building Stratzy and what his future goals are. He also walked us through the fundraising round that he went through while raising capital for Stratzy.

Stratzy Website - stratzy.in

In this episode, we talk to Bhuwan Jamdagni who is a rapper/songwriter we talk about everything related to rapping. We talk about the mixtape that The Headley Project is coming out with which is called "The Headley Forest". We also discuss things related to the Indian Rap industry, his journey to becoming a rapper, and everything else related to rap music. Make sure you check out Bhuvan's work on Spotify and give him a follow on all of his socials.

Bhuvan's Socials:

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/34LtWKBcRRjxtBGSHqyksJ?si=YuMjhMSQQOelWSCWgY2_9Q

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bhuvxn_/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/JamdagniBhuwan

In this episode we talk to Atharv Tiwari who is a producer/singer-songwriter and we talk about everything related to music. We talk about Atharv's production house i.e. The Headley Project and the mixtape that they are coming out with which is called the Headley Forest. We also discuss things related to the music industry, his journey in music and everything else related to music. Make sure you check out Atharv's music on Spotify and give him a follow on all of his socials.

Atharv's Socials: 

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Qdg9IrqdbU1J2TG7ORCHx?si=YVfKjLhfSkmaN4qCSX8IIA&dl_branch=1

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/athrvmusic

Twitter - https://twitter.com/athrvmusic

In this episode of Podcrastinate, we had Ishant Juyal as our guest, Ishant is the founder of Crework which is an online tech community that helps student developers to build and learn together. Ishant has more than 10k followers across all his socials. And in this episode, he walked us through his journey in building and expanding Crework, what his future ideas are regarding the growth of Crework, and much more.

On this episode of Podcrastinate, we had Ankit as our guest who is the crypto prodigy, we discussed what Blockchain is, what web3 is, and how it can give birth to new startups in the domain. We spoke a lot about what NFT's are, why are they so hyped at the moment, and what the future looks like for these NFT projects. And last but not least we discussed the future of Defi and how it can take over the centralized finance space.

In this episode, we were in conversation with Abir who is a Microsoft Gold Student Ambassador, MLH Fellow, and Software Developer. Abir spoke about his MLH fellowship journey, how he handles his rejection. We spent quite some time talking about open source communities, the pros and cons of open source development, and much more.

In this episode, we discussed with Sarthak the following topics: 

Placements / DSA / FAANG:

1) What are your views on a college degree? And do they play an important role in your career?

2) What would you do if you were not a software engineer?

3) Do you feel getting into FAANG has become a rat race like JEE as well?

Open Source:

1) How has your experience been working across open-source projects and contributing to Facebook, Mozilla, etc?

2) How was your experience in Ethereum India Fellowship (EIF)?

Crypto / Defi:

1) What are your views on Defi? Is that the future of banking?

2) How do you invest in crypto?

3) What are your 3 major crypto holdings right now?

Random:

1) Where do you see yourself 5 years down the line?

2) Are you currently reading any books? If yes what are they?

3) Do you have any plans of building your own start-up someday?

4) If you could instantly become an expert at something what would it be?

5) If you had 10 min with your younger self what would you tell him?

6) If you were to give a ted talk what topic would you give it on?

In this episode, we uncovered the fundamentals of product designing, how important the role of the user is in building a product, we spoke about how Aditya transitioned from being a software developer to a product designer, we also discussed the start-up culture in India and much more.

Aditya's Twitter - @theadityadas